Climate & Energy Blog

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to force approval of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by a vote of 266-153, today. The Senate is expected to take up Keystone XL legislation early next w...

This morning investor Tom Steyer sent a strongly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to conduct an independent and transparent review of the State Department’s handling of the Keystone XL environmental review, including...

Politico just broke a big story. Environmental Resources Management, the firm hired by the State Department to do the environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, is a member of five oil industry booster groups that have advocated f...

This article, by Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica, was originally posted here on The Hill's Congress Blog.
During Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the State Department’s review of whether to permit construction...